Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-20

California nmrserymen are importing
large stocks Of cherry, plum, apple and
pear seedlings from France.
The kitchen window is the best place
Tor plants; the steam from the boilers
and kettles keeps the air moist
Stephen BeaIe, q vel known Eng
lish authority on poultry. claims that
large poultry farms have proven dismal
failures.
Reports from the principal wheat
growing states continue to be generally
favorable, with the exception Of Illinois
and Kansas
Seventy years ago the farmer carried
his surplus produce TO market on
horseback There were then no anti
m0nopolists.
Don't put of trimming the vines too
late in the season, or il cannot be done
st all. II the sap begins to flow, fhe
cutting Of the vines viii cause them 70
bleed, and the consequence viii be
no fruit Trim when the weather is
cold.
A French correspondent Of London
paper states that Hampshire down
lambs Of his raising at nine months
old dressed 81 pounds to the quarter.
A yearling wether eighteen months
old weighed, when dressed, be says.
256 pounds
In horse breeding il is as important
that the mare should be perfect as that
the stallion should be so. In fact,
some consider it more so; and this is
especially the case with the horses
OF the Arabs, who for centuries ex-
celled all other nations in their breed
Of horses
A hoe for use in a garden requires IS
much care as scythe that IS used for
cutting grass. II should be sharp
enough to cut OF the roots Of all kinds
of weeds, and should have so good q
polish that it can be moved through
the soil without the exsrtion Of much
strength.
Cornstalks have much less sweetness
in them before they bloSsam or tassel,
as it is usually called. Analysis shows
this, and the COW given her choice of
the two usually confirms the verdict Of
chemical science. The stalks improve
until the ears are fully formed and be-
gin to harden.
About seven-eighths Of the Europe
an eggs received in this country are
lined. They are shipped 70 this coun-
try from Antwerp, Copenhagen and
Hamburg. Those coming from Ant
werp are gathered in Belgium, Italy
and France, those from Copenhagen in
Denmark. and those from Hamburg in
Germany.
IL is q remarkable fact that, although
we have in this country the best breeds
of cattle TO be found in any portion of
the globe, yet the majority OF farmers
have no system of breeding, and use
cows in the dairy that give only one
third the quantity of milk and butter
that could be derived from an animal
from well known milking and butter
breeds.
Many dairy authorities agree that
the sailing of butter is bad dairying.
The idea that it keeps the butter is an
error. When butter is sailed with
brine the salt is most thoroughly in
corporated with it, and the butter keeps
best, as the brine stays there; but dry
salt will disintegrate and stay only in
minute granular form.
France is doing more than any other
nation for the advancement and i'm |
provement Of the horse. The Minister |
OF Agriculture expends 5000 900 q |
year in the promotion of horse breed |
ing. He has % great national stables |
in which are kept $500 stations of the |
purest and best breeds, whose services
are distributed throughout the country |
free.
1t is true that the longer a hog is
kept the greater the likelihood Of loss !
from disease or accident; but, so far /
as the loss from disease is concerned, |
the risk is rendered more than pro-
portionately greater by wintering.
The change from green to dry and |
hard food is favorable to the develop |
ment Of disease. The seventies OF /
the weather are also apt to induce |
disease.